{"id":439538,"date":"2017-11-21T15:30:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T15:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/21\/al-ain-paid-me-good-money-asamoah-gyan\/"},"modified":"2017-11-21T15:30:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T15:30:24","slug":"al-ain-paid-me-good-money-asamoah-gyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/21\/al-ain-paid-me-good-money-asamoah-gyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Ain paid me good money &#8211; Asamoah Gyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 21 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>dailyguideafrica.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/46711165.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asamoah Gyan Debut\" title=\"Asamoah Gyan Debut\" width=\"295\" height=\"344\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Asamoah Gyan moved to Al Ain after spending just a season with Sunderland<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has said in plain words that his former club, Al Ain gave him good cash, hence his move from EPL side Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>The striker loan move in 2011\/12 stoked controversy among the football world taking into account the level of competitiveness between the two leagues-EPL and Gulf League.<\/p>\n<p>But Gyan has pointed out that his decision was purely on the reason every worker plies his trade-to make money.<\/p>\n<p>He became one of the highest paid players in world football after agreeing on a deal with Al Ain that  earned him \u00a336.5m for five years.<\/p>\n<p>The Keyrispor striker told Rokerreport \u201dI went to Al Ain and I fell in love with the place, created a new legacy and they paid me good money and if we are honest with ourselves that is a big reason we work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI am very proud of what I did in the UAE for Al Ain, because I created a new legacy for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He however expressed regret for quitting the EPL prematurely saying \u201dWhen people ask me \u201chow long did you play for Sunderland?\u201d I feel so bad I can only say one year. I feel like I could have achieved things in other top leagues too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The striker has since ventured into businesses-real estate, bottled and sachet water production, boxing promotion, entertainment and his very latest, aviation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Tuesday, 21 November 2017 Source: dailyguideafrica.com 2017-11-21 Asamoah Gyan moved to Al Ain after spending just a season with Sunderland Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has said in plain words that his former club, Al Ain gave him good cash, hence his move from EPL side Sunderland. 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